this man is not calm

Chapter 240 Outline
While the domestic pop music scene is all dying out, and just watching Dai Yiqin make a fortune, only the Little Maza Band is swimming against the tide."Brothers and Sisters Teach You English" is a very rare all-English album in China. After its release, the situation can only be described as tepid. The popularity of the three early singles was acceptable. It will take time for word-of-mouth fermentation to drive sales. And the explosive power is insufficient, so we can only hope that long-term sales can achieve good results.

What is quite surprising is that, following the overseas release channel of Dai Yiqin's album "Walking on the Road of Life", Xiao Maza Band's all-English album is more popular in Europe and the United States, less popular in Southeast Asia, and the weakest in China.

Not only the local Chinese community, but also many immigrant settlements where non-English speakers are native speakers, are also very fond of this all-English album.

There are a total of twelve songs, all of which are folk songs, slow rock, pop, etc. with clear pronunciation and slow rhythm, which are relatively easy to understand. There are not many slang words, and they are mainly London accents. The singing style is very western, and the MVs are mostly in line with the style of the songs. The purpose of lyrical expression.

In just over a week, domestic offline sales were around 30, online sales were around 50, and total overseas sales were close to [-].It is a typical flower blooming inside the wall and fragrant outside the wall.Of course, foreign distribution channels cost a lot of money, and the profits are not as good as domestic ones.

This is why Jinshang only regards the foreign market as an auxiliary market and the domestic market as its basic market.

Not to mention the hard work of opening up foreign markets, once you make money, the actual profits will also be taken by various channels.If it was around the millennium in the previous life, the trend of worshiping foreigners and favoring foreigners was more serious. The recognition of foreigners was the cornerstone of popularity. With the name of an international singer, he would naturally be superior to his domestic peers. Maybe he would make a name for himself outside, and then When you come back, you can just lie down and dawdle.

In this life, the background has completely changed. Even though the total sales of the album "Brothers and Sisters Teach You English" abroad exceeded that in China, it didn't make much waves at all.

Of course, there are no direct benefits, but there are some indirect benefits. The popularity in Europe and the United States will more or less be fed back to the country through local Asians, allowing the Little Maza band to rise from an unknown singer to a popular singer. The industry has a little bit more presence, and the last album also reaped the dividends of rising fame. In half a month, nearly 20 additional orders were placed, which made Jin Shang's somewhat depressed mood improve a lot.

The money isn't much, and the popularity breaks the ceiling for newbies, which is a good thing.

In addition, the release of twelve songs has enriched the music library of Jinxi Music a lot.In addition to the three singles that have been released for a long time, "Lemon Tree" and "Yesterday Once More" are not only loved by Chinese people, but also appreciated by foreigners. "Dreams" is also very good, attracting many fans who like alternative rock.

The other nine songs were not randomly selected, all of them are classics with outstanding popularity and sung popularity.

Fang Hua sang a solo song "La Isla Bonita" (Madonna), a Latin-style song and dance, which was just right for her who is passionate about fitness and has successfully lost weight.

Yuanxiu himself sang a decent solo "That Girl" and a song "Moonlight Flower" (Michael Krechu, later covered by Assan as "Loneliness Is Singing").

There are two duet songs between the two, Mei Shuying and Fang Hua sang "Tonight, I feel close to you", and Yuan Xiu and Mei Shuying sang "City of Stars" (theme song of the movie "La La Land").

The trio sings a song called "Sexy Music", which is in the style of early disco and is aimed at older, nostalgic fans.In a previous life, this song was covered as "A Fire in Winter" and it was featured on the Spring Festival Gala and was very popular.

Absolute lead singer Mei Shuying added three solo songs, "Trouble Is A Friend", which is both pop and R&B, and a pop song "Cinderella" with a weak rock and dance style (multi-lingual cover, Mandarin title It’s called “Half Sugarism”).

The last solo song is the most special. It is a customized song to promote the game console Venus. The name is "Venus". It is an early rock music in the late 60s. It has been covered many times since. Bananarama and Stefanie Sun are the most famous. Jin Shang is also known as Based on it, I made some fashionable adaptations to make the arrangement and singing more popular.

Although the style is more than 20 years ago, good songs can really transcend time and history without falling out of date. After a few adjustments, Mei Shuying felt okay when she sang it.

After sending it to Beichuan Electromechanical, the other party's marketing department was also very satisfied with the song. It is a sincere and dynamic rock song. Foreigners who are used to various styles sound a bit old-fashioned, but it is still very trendy in China.

The key is that the lyrics and music are so suitable for the occasion, it's almost like they were tailor-made for the game console Venus.In order to match the description in the lyrics, they are also preparing to specially customize the shape and color of the next-generation game console.

Jin Shang doesn't care about how to do it specifically. The brother company also pays quickly. After receiving the song, he checks out quickly. Jin Shang doesn't care about the subsequent publicity campaign.

The singing career was successful, but not particularly successful. Jin Shang didn't know whether to be happy or to be more reserved.

Mei Shuying and Fang Hua felt quite good. In order to meet Jin Shang's request, they practiced foreign languages ​​and learned dancing. They had been busy for more than two months, and finally the day of harvest came.

Different from worrying about gains and losses after the release of the first album, this time, Jin Shang's style positioning of "various singers" created for Mei Shuying is relatively successful, and she can control various styles successfully.

Putting aside how the popular little cousin and Fang Hua are doing at school, Jin Shang himself focuses on company operations, especially matters related to Jinxi Chat and basic operators.

The afternoon before yesterday, Jin Shang received an invitation to participate in a conference organized by the relevant telecommunications departments. The specific content is unknown, but it is said to be quite important.

Jin Shang asked people to collect some recent relevant documents. After reading them, he was thoughtful, but he still couldn't find an accurate clue.

At 02:30 on Friday afternoon, Jin Shang met Hao Qilian, whom he had not seen for a while, at the venue.

"Director Hao, congratulations on your promotion."

"You kid, you have learned to be glib at a young age. You were not like this before."

Hao Qilian squeezed out a smile on his old-fashioned face, patted Jin Shang on the shoulder, and said very friendly:

"I have received your company's data for September, and the higher-ups attach great importance to it."

"Oh? Which department are you specifically in charge of?"

"Industrial informatization and foreign trade."

"Understood, thank you for letting me know."

Walking into the venue side by side with Hao Qilian, Jin Shang lowered his voice and asked,

"In the second half of this year, will computer sales and the number of Internet-connected devices increase significantly?"

"how do you know?"

This rhetorical question made Jin Shang realize that his guess was correct.
"Our company's Jinxi Chat already has 22 active users. Originally, I thought that if it exceeded 20, it would slow down significantly, but the result..."

At this level, the rate of increase in registered users has indeed slowed down, but it is much better than expected.

This... is not normal.

Moreover, according to the IP address tracked in the background, it is not a zombie account.

"You, no wonder you can start a business successfully. Your acumen is beyond the reach of ordinary young people."

Hao Qilian confirmed Jin Shang’s judgment.
"The annual increase rate may exceed 60.00%..."

Jin Shang's eyes lit up after hearing this.

"Is it really that exaggerated? Wasn't the first half of the year tepid?"

"Don't even think about how much popularity your Jinxi Culture has generated since its establishment. There are also other peers. Although their combined effect is not as strong as yours, it is still impressive."

Indeed, hardware, software, services and users are in a mutually reinforcing relationship. Jinshang founded the company and invested heavily in Internet applications. The growth of upstream and downstream industries directly and indirectly driven was also extremely exaggerated.It is no exaggeration to say that Jinxi Culture accounts for half of the Internet in Beijing and almost one-third of the country's Internet.

"For a closed-door meeting of this level, why are you invited to come? You have to know something in your mind. If you are not of that level and size, you are not qualified to participate."

Hao Qilian couldn't help but pointed out,
"Do you know what the specific matter is?"

Jin Shang nodded incomprehensibly and replied.

"I have some ideas, but...we still need to listen to what other people in the industry have to say."

The number of computers connected to the Internet has increased significantly. Not only are Internet cafes popping up like mushrooms after a rain, but the popularity of home computers is also impressive.

The rapid expansion of the market size has attracted the attention of relevant authorities. How to regulate the market and unleash its potential requires the collective efforts of all parties involved.

Jin Shang is here to attend as a representative of the application service provider.

"Later, it's not about your own field or industry, so don't talk too much. Those present are industry experts and giants. Your company occupies a huge market share, but its size is still insufficient, and its right to speak is very weak..."

"I see."

In the past six months, Jinxi Culture has been working hard, and its total sales are only a few hundred million, and its profits are even less.

The country's largest brand computer seller has released its third quarterly report so far, with a net profit of 38 billion.

Note that it is not sales of 38 billion, but net profit of this much, which is terrible.

"Those who sell hardware are exaggerating. Now, it is not the time for downstream software service providers like us to make a fortune."

"It seems that you really understand, I feel relieved,"

Hao Qilian said happily.

I am very optimistic about the smart, aggressive, and somewhat unruly young man in front of me. He will definitely be a very important figure in the future Internet circles in Beijing.

Half an hour later, Jin Shang sat in a meeting that was not too big, looking around boredly.

The overall plan of the conference room was a circular staircase lecture hall, with the central rostrum being the lowest. Jin Shang was sitting on the edge of the last row, and he could see everything clearly from a high position.

Hao Qilian sat in the middle of the rostrum, and the third one stood up to speak.

After the summary of the outline, representatives from various relevant industries expressed their industry views and opinions.

Most people's speeches are empty and have no nutrition, but a few people still have some real insights.

For more than half an hour, Jin Shang did nothing. He turned over the meeting materials in his hand several times.

Jin Shang, who originally thought there would be no "dry stuff", unexpectedly discovered something good.

One of the documents said "Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line", which made Jin Shang very curious.

Jin Shang only had a general understanding of the working principle of the hardware in the document, but did not study it in depth. This thing is not specialized in this, and there is no need to understand it in detail, as long as you know what it is used for.

Soon, Jin Shang extracted some key elements from it.

"Asymmetric digital subscriber line, how do you say it in English?" Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line, is that ADSL, something that really deserves the title of broadband? 』

As soon as he thought about it, Jin Shang became more and more interested in it.

Nowadays, the main mode of using the Internet is dial-up Internet access, which means using a telephone line as a network cable and a special port for dial-up connection. Not only is the network speed slow, it is also very unstable. Once a call comes, the network is disconnected.

ADSL is a completely different way to access the Internet. From broadband lines to terminal equipment, they are completely different.

In the past, Jin Shang thought that this thing appeared very late and the technology was immature, so the mainstream networking method today is dial-up Internet access, not ADSL.

You must know that dial-up Internet access has great limitations. Nowadays, the technical difficulties of the new generation modem have been overcome. Venus, the game console owned by Jinshang, is negotiating for customized products.

However, even if the current Internet speed is doubled, it is only more than 100 KBS, which is still very slow.

That’s not to say that its potential stops here, but that it’s not cost-effective to continue developing it and it doesn’t make much sense anymore.

Therefore, the new alternative technology is ADSL, which Jin Shang has been waiting for a long time.I remember that the first ADSL personal user Internet service appeared in China in the previous life, which was already in [-]. Around the turn of the millennium, there were so many new things popping up.At that time, domestic online games, several major portals, Tencent, Alibaba and other later major companies were almost all born in those two years.

However, judging from the description on the document in front of him, Jin Shang felt that he had made a huge mistake.

Which came first, dial-up Internet access via telephone lines or ADSL technology.

It is generally believed that those with slow Internet speeds must be older, and those with faster Internet speeds appear later, right?
But that is not the case.

The prototype of ADSL technology appeared very early. Six years ago, before the Internet, the first mature ADSL technology appeared.

Similar domestic technologies appeared about two years later. So far, the standards have been iterated twice, with even more non-standard upgrades.

By mid-October [-], the conditions for commercial use were still not met, so the temporary substitute of dial-up Internet access had to become popular.

Why does this happen?
From the document in his hand, Jin Shang found a fairly reliable answer.

To put it simply, ADSL technology is too advanced and too advanced.Under the current mainstream version of the standard system, the network speed exceeds 7M and is close to 8M. This network speed is simply appalling.

Of course, such network speeds are completely beyond the scope of current civilian network broadband requirements.

Except for the deployment in some special channels regardless of cost, there is no market for civilian products. Regardless of the investment of basic operators, few Internet users can afford it.

(End of this chapter)